Journal
JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS
Volume 536, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2021.168116
Keywords
Food quality control; Texture sensor; Giant magnetoresistive sensor; Magnetic artificial cilia; Nanocomposite
Funding
- Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia [MagScopy4IHCLISBOA010145FEDER031200]
- FCT [SFRH/BD/130384/2017, UID/05367/2020]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BD/130384/2017] Funding Source: FCT
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This study introduces a fruit texture sensor based on cilia receptors for rapid quality assessment, demonstrating high sensitivity and maturity recognition capabilities. By scanning fruits and measuring voltage peaks when cilia contact the fruit skin, the maturity stage of fruits can be accurately identified. This technology shows great potential for application in fruit quality control.
Automated technologies for quality inspection of fruits have attracted great interest in the food industry. The development of nondestructive mechanisms to assess the quality of individual fruit prior to sale may lead to an increase in overall product quality, value, and consequently, producer competitiveness. However, the existing methods have limitations. Herein, a texture sensor based on highly sensitive hair-like cilia receptors, to allow a quick quality evaluation of fruit is proposed. The texture sensor consists of up to 100 magnetized nanocomposite cilia attached to a chip with magnetoresistive sensors in a full Wheatstone bridge architecture. In this paper we demonstrate the use of ciliary sensors in scanning fruits (blueberries and strawberries) in different maturation stages. The contact of the cilia with the fruit skin provided qualitative information about its texture in terms of ripeness stage. Less mature fruits exhibited, on average, a highest peak voltage of 0.14 mV for blueberries and 0.12 mV for strawberries, while overripe fruits exhibited 0.58 mV and 0.56 mV, respectively. The results were confirmed by sensorial assessment of the fruit freshness, and therefore attesting the application potential of the sensing technology for fruit quality control.
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